What is dllhost.exe process?

Is the dllhost.exe process a virus, spyware or malware?

Process description:

DCOM DLL Host Process

Author:

Microsoft

Part of:

IIS

The dllhost.exe process belongs to IIS (Internet Information Services), a collection of internet-based services for Windows servers. The process can be used by many applications so you may find more than one instance of the process running.

Terminating the process will result in a loss of all internet based services.